Missing You

No...definitely not you.  Things though...small things.  I'm sitting here drinking some hot apple cider after dinner and it made me start thinking about the things I miss about New England (outside of fam and friends) or will miss about home.  First off I don't even need to be drinking hot apple cider because it was almost 80 degrees here today which is insane!  That aside I could not pass it up when I was at TJs last night splurging on way too much food.

Apple cider of course is indicative of the fall season and here in Monterey you would never know that summer has ended.  People are always outside, rarely in anything warmer than a long-sleeve shirt or a light jacket.  But I do miss New England falls.  It's a nice break from the brutally hot summers and it is one of my favorite times of the year, second only to April.  Along with the leaves changing and the cool weather you've got baseball playoffs, football is rolling, and basketball and hockey have just started and New England in general is a great place for all of these sports to come together.  I miss being able to watch the Celtics.  I'm pretty used to not seeing the Patriots because I've worked Sundays long enough to almost get used to it.  I did find a radio station that I can listen to them online though, so long productive Sundays!

What got me thinking about these things, other than just the cider was that I was craving a Breakfast Club breakfast the other day.  For those of you that don't know, the Breakfast Club is this great diner in Allston, MA just outside the city with the best breakfasts you will ever have!  There is always a huge line for a table and their portions are out of control.  It is very vintage 80s with old movie posters and old-school lunch boxes (if anyone is able to steal me the E.T. one I'll pay big bucks) and their specials are named after the characters from the movie, The Breakfast Club.  My favorite is the Basket Case which is two pancakes (I get blueberry), 2 eggs (over-easy), home fries, sausage, and toast.  It's amazing and I would love to be able to fly over there for breakfast tomorrow.

That's all for now, really just sports and my fav breakfast place.  I do miss the city a lot though and miss that feeling walking off the train in N. Station or Government Center and looking up in awe of such a great city.  Or walking through the Common in the winter with a Dunkins in hand and skating on Frog Pond ...It's amazing how quickly you take those things for granted.  Even with all that said, it was almost 80 degrees here in the nicest place on the California coastline so I'll manage.